Clothesline support



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W. S. RITCH ET AL CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT Filed March s; 1923 WITNESSESl/VVENTUB W/NFIELDS Ezra I Zda SAMUEL h. Hug-z:

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A TTORNEIS Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINFIELD S. BITCH AND SAMUEL W. PIDGE, OF FULTONVILLE, NEW YORK.

CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT.

Application filed March 3, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, TVINFIELD S. RIToH and SAMUEL W. PIDGE, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of F ultonville, in the county ofMontgomery and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedClothesline Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to an attachment for clotheslines and hasparticular reference to a device for supporting the lower lead of anendless line from the upper lead thereof when the clothes are in place,whereby to prevent undue sagging of the lower lead from the weight ofthe clothes.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide aclothesline support of the character set forth which affords a doublebearing point on both leads of the line to overcome any tendency of thedevice to tilt and become disarranged.

As a further object the invention provides a clothesline supportingdevice which affords a coupling with the lower lead of the line formovement therewith and this without pinching or squeezing. the line tosuch .an extent as to cause wear thereon.

As a still further object the invention contemplates a'clotheslinesupporting device of the character set forth which is extremely simplein its construction, readily applicable to the line, and which isinexpensive to manufacture and produce.

lVith the above recited and other objects in view, the invention residesin the novel construction set forth in the following specification,particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, it being understood that the right is reserved toembodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the fullextent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claimsare expressed.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a side view of the supporting device inapplied position.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectionalplan view taken approximately on the line 33 ofFig. 1.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, A and B representrespectively the upper and lower leads of an endless clothesline and Cgenerally designates a supp d ce for supp rt g the ver Serial No.622,611.

lead from the upper lead whereby the weight of the clothes on the lowerlead equally distributes the strain on the upper lead A.

The device C is preferably constructed of a length of resilient materialsuch as wire, which is bent upon itself to provide hooked portions 10and 11 at its upper and lower ends for respectively engaging over theupper and under the lower leads of the end less clothesline. The upperhooked portion is of U-shaped formation as indicated at 13 and the sidelegs thereof are connected by spaced bights 12 to a pair of downwardlyconverging legs 14, intertwisted at 15. The remaining downwardlydiverging legs 16 extending from the intertwisted portion are connectedby spaced bights 17 to the lower hooked portion 11, which portion isformed by the free ends of the material. The said free ends are thenbent upwardly and inwardly and downwardly at 18, the terminals 19 ofwhich are arranged in contiguous parallel relation to provide a springtongue which is bent at 20 as illustrated in. Fig. 2 to define togetherwith the lower ends of the legs 16 a gripping portion for producing alateral kink in the lower lead B of the line when the same is forcedpast the bend 20 of the terminals and is gripped between the lowerportion of the tongue and the lower ends of the legs 16. The bentportion 20 of the s ring tongue defined by the terminals 19, togetherwith the legs 16 provides in side view a flared enter-nu mouth 21 forfacilitating the entrance or the lower lead of the line. The bend 20defines together with the legs 16 in side view a medially reduced orconstricted portion and the lower end of the tongue together with thelower end of the leg 16 a down wardly flared gripping space 23. Theconstruction of this lower hooked portion produces in the line whenhooked thereover, a lateral kink D which couples the device orattachment C with the lower lead for movement therewith whereby theupper hooked portion 10 is caused to slide on the upper lead A. Byproducing longitudinally spaced bights 12 and 17 in the hooked portions10 and 11 a wide bearing for the device is afforded on ea h lead of theline to prevent tilting or displacement of the device when in supportingposition or when moved with the line. One or more of these devipes maybe used connection with a line, depending upon thelength of the same,whereby f theweight of the clothes supported from the lower lead may bedistributedlon the upper lead, thus preventing undue sagging of thelower lead as is occasioned where no such a device is employed.

\Ve claim:

1. A device for supporting the lower lead of an endless clothesline fromthe upper lead thereof, comprising a member having hooked upper andlower ends respectively engaged over the upper lead and under the lowerlead, the said lower hooked end bet ing bent to provide means forproducing a 2 A device for supporting the lower lead of ail-endless"clothesline from the upper lead thereof, comprising a length of wirebent upon itself to provide hooked portions at its upper and lower ends,said hooked portions having each a pair of spaced bights forrespectively engaging over the upper lead and under the lower lead ofthe line, the lower hooked portion having the free terminals of thebights bent'inwardly to provide a resilient tongue for engagementmedially with the portion of the line lying between the bights toproduce a lateral kink therein whereby the device securely grips thelower lead for movement of the same therewith.

SAMUEL W. PIDGE. WINFIELD S. BITCH.

